MISSION BEACH

Hellohello,

Sooo long no WiFi.. I'm sorry for neglecting my blog..
But now there is much to tell, so I will get into it right away!
I have seen so much since my last post and I had to think, 'Where do I start..'
Here we go.

On the 7th of August we got our rental car in Cairns.
We then drove 4 hours to Mission Beach.
Mission Beach has a tropical climate, so even in the Australian winter the temperatures were
really nice. Mission beach has a beach, but we stayed in the rainforest, 5 min from the beach.
We only stayed here one night because the next day we had to go driving again.
We stayed in a beautiful B&B called 'The Licuala Lodge'.
The people were really nice and it was so cool to suddenly be surrounded by all sorts of flora and fauna we had never seen before.

We really enjoyed our stay!
The next day we drove to Airlie Beach.
More about Airlie soon!

Love,
Isabelle

CAIRNS: ‘PALM COVE’

Hello my dear readers,

On Friday the second of August we arrived at Cairns, after a 2-hour flight.

It was something like 9 p.m. when we drove through the beautiful part of Cairns called Palm Cove, for the first time.

The hotel we had booked was on the beach, a real paradise, a completely different world from the outback in which we spent the previous nights. We have been staying here for 5 nights. It was really great to relax on the beach or at the pool after the busy days in Sydney and Alice Springs. I totally love it here...!

When you enter Palm Cove in Google, you will see lots and lots of pictures of the picturesque and tropical beach of Palm Cove. 
We have also made some pictures ourselves, which you can see here.

On the 3^rd of August we boarded a large catamaran for a day trip to part of the Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef in the world. It was really amazing. Beautiful colored sea, pure white little islands. We went snorkelling and saw fantastic corals and beautiful fishes. We even saw a baby turtle. I have used my new underwater camera for the first time and have made a short film that I will post later!

The next 2 days we spent relaxing at the beach and the pool, just fantastic. Tomorrow we will pick up our rental car and will move further down the coast.

I will not be able to post anything in the next few days, because I will mostly spend them in the car..

But when I have wifi I will immediately tell what I have done!

Love,

Isabelle

ALICE SPRINGS: WILD ROCKWALLABY

Hii,
I kind of forgot to write about something very special in the last post..
On our last day in Alice Springs we saw a wallaby!
Now you might think; 'What is a wallaby again...?'
According to Wikipedia:
A wallaby is any of about thirty species of Macropodidae family. It is an informal designation generally used for any macropod that is smaller than a kangaroo or wallaroo that has not been designated otherwise.

Okay, maybe this doesn't work.. Basically a wallaby is similar to a kangaroo, but smaller. Our tour guide in Uluru told us the main difference between a wallaby and a kangaroo is that a kangaroo has his tail connected to his spine, which makes him able to jump with his tail. A wallaby has his tail not connected to his spine, so he can not stand on it.

Here are some pictures of the wild rockwallaby we saw.

SPOT THE WALLABY! Aren't they hard to see!? We waited for half an hour, we were looking and looking, but suddenly there was a wallaby sitting next to my dad. So strange, but so funny.

Love,
Isabelle